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purposive |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Purposive \Pur"po*sive\, a. Having or indicating purpose or design. ``Purposive characters.'' --Bastian. Purposive modification of structure in a bone. --Owen. It is impossible that the frog should perform actions morepurposive than these --Huxley. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: purposive adj 1: having or showing or acting with a purpose or design; "purposive behavior" 2: having a purpose; "purposive behavior" [syn: {goal-directed}]
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